‘폐의약품 수거사업’을 통해 지역약국으로 회수된 처방전의약품의 성분 및 약가 분석

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 대한약학회
· 수록지 정보 : 약 학 회 지 / 58권 / 4호 / 262 ~ 267페이지
· 저자명 : 천부순

초록

Unused medication disposal is a burden due to the cost of disposing as well as the cost of the drugs. Investigatingmedication returns is expected to suggest areas of intervention to reduce unused medications. Purpose: The aimof this study was to examine types, quantity, costs, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and therapeutic category of the medicationsreturned to community pharmacies. Method: From January 15, 2014 to February 28, 2014, the medicationsreturned to the 17 community pharmacies in Gimhae, Jinju, and Incheon, Korea were examined. The pharmacists and studentvolunteers worked cooperatively to identify the medications and analyze drug cost of prescription pill medicationsreturned to the pharmacies. Results: A total of 2,720 pills of prescription medication were analyzed and 91 active pharmaceuticalingredients were identified. According to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) classification, the mostpredominant group was A (alimentary tract and metabolism) with 33.3%, followed by N (nervous system) with 15.0%. Withregard to the drug cost of groups, group A was the highest with 26.6%, followed by J01 (antibacterials for systemic use)with 20.2% and N (nervous system) with 18.3%. The total cost of the oral pill prescription medications was 468,477 won.
Conclusion: The result from this study implies that unused drugs impose a significant cost to the health care system inKorea. In this study, medicines used to treat gastrointestinal conditions were returned most frequently with the highest drugcost. Further research in nationwide level is necessary to establish strategies to reduce the wastage of unused medicines.

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